CEE 3040 Uncertainty Analysis in Engineering
Fall. 4 credits. Prerequisite: first-year calculus. J. R. Stedinger.
Introduction to probability theory and statistical techniques, with examples from civil, environmental, biological, and related disciplines. Covers data presentation, commonly used probability distributions describing natural phenomena and material properties, parameter estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, simple linear regression, and nonparametric statistics. Examples include structural reliability, windspeed/flood distributions, pollutant concentrations, and models of vehicle arrivals.